Gary Glitter is to file another request to have his sentence for child molestation reduced. The singer, who as previously reported, was convicted of the offence in Vietnam in March last year and sentenced to three years in prison, is to submit a new appeal during an amnesty on 30 Apr marking the country's annual Liberation Day. Glitter, real name Paul Gadd, already had his sentence cut by three months due to a previous national amnesty back in February. His current expected release date is in August of 2008.
The former glam rocker's lawyer, Le Thanh Kinh, confirmed the plans, telling reporters: "My client will certainly submit a letter asking for another six-month reduction of his prison term once the Vietnamese authorities announce the plan for amnesty on Liberation Day".
Vietnam has a tradition of reducing the sentences of prison inmates with good conduct records to mark special occasions. Under Vietnamese law Glitter must serve at least half of his three year term. However, that includes time spent in custody prior to his trial, meaning that the singer's earliest possible release date is this May. On his release, Gadd will be deported, either to the UK, or to any other country that will accept him. It won't, of course, be Cambodia. They permanently expelled him back in 2002.